Diqing Weather and Climate

Diqing means Auspicious & Nice Place in Tibetan, is Shangri-la that people have been searching hard more than half century for. It’s located in the northwest of Yunnan, where Yunnan, Tibet and Sichuang Provinces join together.Diqing belongs to plateau humid climate.

The annual mean temperature is 5.5 degrees Celsius (41.9 degrees Fahrenheit) and average rainfall is 700 millimeters (27.6 inches) per annum. The climate is not obviously different in four seasons but the temperature here changes much between day and night. So, whenever tourists make a trip to Diqing, they should bring overcoats with them.

Deqing is the highest part of Yunnan, the average altitude is over 3300 meters. Ancient tableland, grand snow mountains and big rivers are the main component parts of local landform, the big height difference between river valley, where elevation might be only 1480 meters, and major peak of snow mountain, where altitude hits 6740 meters, can be over 5000 meters, such combination created spectacular views and often brings visitors heartquakes.

Temperate Zone Climate and Frigid-temperate Zone Climate are the dominant climate types over locality, annual average temperature ranges from 4.7 degrees to 16.5 degrees, yearly highest temperature is 25 degrees and the lowest is minus 27 degrees. The best time to visit Deing is in Spring and Summer, but even in Spring and Summer, weather is very changeable and sometimes snowy.